T-lymphocyte subsets and prolonged diarrhea in young children from Guinea-Bissau

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-84

  Mølbak, Kåre ^a   Lisse, Ida M ^b   Aaby, Peter ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antigens, CD4; Antigens, CD8; Child; Diarrhea; Immunity, cellular; Lymphocyte subsets; Risk factors; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030070635     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008660     Document Type: Article

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